Pilgrim Child Sexual Abuse

Moral Panic or State of Denial?
Erscheinungsjahr 2018
ISBN: 978-1-351-26454-9
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 204 Seiten

Child sexual abuse is a major public policy challenge. Many child protection measures were beginning to reduce its occurrence. However, that progress was impeded by online grooming, the downloading of indecent images of children and even their abuse online in real time. This now places major demands on national and international policing. The book brings together ground-breaking case studies from a wide range of settings. As well as family members and those near the home, offenders can also be found in religious, sports and child care settings.

This extensive picture is drawn deliberately in order to highlight a split in the academic analysis of child sexual abuse. The mainstream or orthodox view, defended by the author, is that child sexual abuse is an under-reported crime. However, a minority view, presented but criticised, is that it is a moral panic created by public hysteria, child protection experts and campaigning politicians. By the end of the book this division of academic opinion and its implications for public policy are made explored in detail.

The book is essential reading for anyone interested in preventing child sexual abuse and the dilemmas of responding to both victims and perpetrators. It will of particular use to practitioners in social work, the police and in the mental health professions.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Pilgrim, David

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Kindesmissbrauch, Sexueller Missbrauch, Häusliche Gewalt
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gewalt und Diskriminierung: Soziale Aspekte
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1. Sleazy Politicians; Chapter 2. Conspiracy Theories; Chapter 3. Keeping it in the Family; Chapter 4. Religious Settings; Chapter 5. Trojan Horse; Chapter 6. Street Life; Chapter 7. Lessons from Down Under; Chapter 8. Is Child Sexual Abuse a Moral Panic?; Chapter 9. Political Defenders of 'Intergenerational Sex'; Chapter 10. Protecting Children; Index

Über Autor(innen)

David Pilgrim has spent his career divided between working as a clinical psychologist in the British NHS and researching mental health policy. Now semi-retired, he is Honorary Professor of Health & Social Policy at the University of Liverpool and Visiting Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Southampton.